Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1980 March

Space for What? • essay by Stanley Schmidt World in the Clouds (Part 1 of 3) • serial by Bob Buckley A General Theory of Living Systems • essay by Robert A. Freitas, Jr. Industrial Accident • novelette by G. Harry Stine [as by Lee Correy ] Think Ethic • shortstory by W. T. Quick The Lyran Case • shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg and Bill Pronzini Riposte to Pournelle • [The Alternate View] • essay by G. Harry Stine Detour • shortstory by Rick Gauger Golden Rule • novelette by Mack Reynolds Monster's Meal • [Probability Zero] • shortstory by Paul J. Nahin